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SpaceX is looking to raise about a quarter billion dollars in new funds, as Elon Musk’s company heads into a critical year for its three major projects. The company is seeking to bring in about $250 million at a price of $220 a share, according to people familiar with the financing. The new raise would

Warren Buffett David A. Grogan | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett on Saturday will publish his much-awaited shareholder letter. The annual missives, which are logged here on Berkshire’s website going back to 1977, are considered required reading for investors large and small. And this year, investors will be especially interested to know whether Berkshire has

Morgan Stanley’s acquisition of brokerage firm E-Trade has been a long time coming, the investment bank’s chairman and CEO James Gorman told CNBC’s Wilfred Frost on Thursday. “In truth, [conversations] started in 2002,” Gorman said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” “I called [E-Trade] back then when I was at Merrill [Lynch] because I was

James Gorman, chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley, fixes his jacket during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Morgan Stanley China Summit in Beijing, China, on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs had plenty of chances to make an offer for discount brokerage E-Trade before

Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft Unity flies to its new home in at Spaceport America in New Mexico on Feb. 13, 2020. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic‘s monster stock rally in the past few months has taken even bullish Morgan Stanley by surprise, with shares of the company nearing $40. “A modest correction is overdue, and frankly, healthy,

Shares of Plug Power are surging, and social media users are weighing in on the stock on popular sites including Reddit, putting it among the ranks of other often discussed and speculative trading names like Tesla and Virgin Galactic. On Wednesday, absent any news such as quarterly earnings results that could conceivably drive the stock

Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Goldman Sachs sounded the alarm on Wednesday to clients about a possible correction in the stock market, noting investors are underestimating how big of a risk the coronavirus really is. “We believe the greater risk is that the impact of the

Virgin Galactic’s First Spaceflight on Dec. 13, 2018 Source: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s rally began two months ago but trading in the speculative space name has recently accelerated in a way that tops even the momentum behind Tesla. Shares of Virgin Galactic rose as much as 12% in premarket trading Wednesday from its previous close

Leon Cooperman, CEO of Omega Advisors. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Tuesday that investors have become too pessimistic on the energy sector and too optimistic on individual companies like Tesla. “I would say we’re in the early stages of knocking on the door of euphoria, but we’re not quite [fully

Lending Club banners hang on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange for it’s IPO on December 11, 2014 in New York. Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images LendingClub, a fintech company that pioneered personal loans made online, is buying a U.S. bank to give it access to a stable and cheaper source

Scott Mlyn | CNBC This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. Franklin Resources announced Tuesday a deal to buy rival asset manager Legg Mason, a tie-up that could help each navigate a worldwide shift in investor preference away from active money management. Franklin said in a press release that it offered $50 per

A pedestrian walks past a stock ticker at a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters Thanks to record-breaking markets and more retirement savings, the number of 401(k) and IRA millionaires has reached a new record, according to Fidelity. Fidelity, the largest 401(k) provider in the United States, released its quarterly analysis

A man runs past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bloomberg The portfolio manager who helps run a mutual fund that consistently beats the market and its peers said the key to his success is being able to wait for stocks to pop. The D.F. Dent Premier Growth Fund, which has returned over 15% annually

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla priced its secondary common stock offering at $767 a share, raising more than $2 billion, the company said on Friday. The move will

Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors and author. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Andre Iguodala has built a reputation that goes far beyond his on-court defense. The three-time NBA champion also has amassed an investment portfolio of more than 40 companies. Iguodala has invested in Allbirds, Casper and Jumia, but he told CNBC on Friday his best

Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives praised Tesla’s announcement on Thursday morning of a new $2 billion common stock offering. “It’s a smart, strategic move,” Ives said on “Squawk Box.” “It takes any doomsday scenario around cash crunch … off the table.” Shares of Tesla , which have skyrocketed recently, were under some pressure on Thursday after

Tesla has a long way to go before it justifies its current stock price, New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran told CNBC on Thursday. Damodaran, known as the “dean of valuation” for his company analyses, said the electric-auto maker would need to have revenues comparable to the Volkswagen Group in 10 years, margins similar

Tesla shares slid after the electric automaker said it plans a $2 billion common stock offering, just two weeks after CEO Elon Musk said the company would not take advantage of its surging stock to raise more capital. Musk himself will buy as much as $10 million of stock in this offering, while Tesla board member Larry Ellison

If you’re a CEO hoping to give your stock a boost over time, you may want to start mentioning “growth” and “expansion” more often on earnings calls. Shares of companies with chief executives who made liberal use of positive words to describe financials during earnings conference calls outperformed those at businesses with more reserved CEOs,

Charles Munger David A. Grogan | CNBC Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, issued a dire warning about the future on Wednesday. “I think there are lots of troubles coming,” he said at the Los Angeles-based Daily Journal annual shareholders meeting. “There’s too much wretched excess.” Munger —